Stadium Opticians

After my local D.O.C closed I was scrambling to find another optician that would take my insurance (VSP). Stadium Opticians was one of the few who would who actually could schedule an exam in less than two weeks. This was actually lucky for me, as the people here are among the most professional and accommodating I’ve used.
SO carries a wide selection of frames, many of which are very economical – my wife and I both recently bought pairs from the 2 for 1 line (good quality with a big break on the price) and are very happy with them. The technicians there have all been with SO through the roughly three years I’ve gotten glasses there and it’s clear these are professionals, not people hired off the street and given a little training such as you often run into in mall stores. At fittings, they seem to have a better sense of how new glasses are sitting than I do – I think, yeah, these fit fine, but the technician will take them back, make some small adjustment, and they will fit even better afterward.
When I’ve gone in to have glasses tightened a year or so after getting them, they perform the adjustment quickly and cheerfully.
No reason so far to consider another purveyor for my eyeware, even though they’re on the opposite side of town from me. See you in another two years, guys.

Terrible staff — very rude and insulting, except Amanda who is wonderful and very knowledgeable. Our family will never go back there.

They are fantastic at Stadium Opticians! The glasses selection is a little small, but the customer service is outstanding.
I had my eye appt here and then went to another optometrist to get my glasses. The other place messed up on the order with the lenses, and refused to re-​make them without charging me. I brought my glasses back to Stadium Opticians, and they traced the lenses, re-​made them, and got them to me in a timely manner without charging me extra.
They go out of their way here to make sure you can see! HIGHLY recommend it.

Competent exam, nice doctor, decent selection of frames. I was impressed to note that they had an (apparently very experienced) technician. While I was waiting after my exam appointment, they were willing to do minor repairs on me 10-​year-​old frames on the spot for just the cost of the parts. Good experience.

These people are just the BEST.
They are nice, kind, knowledgable.
They can actually fix and repair frames.
They are reasonable…
They have a great selection of glasses.
I am moving my Family over to Stadium Opticians in A2…
Never going anywhere else… ever!

I was thankful for TJ’s review. I, too, am fortunate enough to have vision insurance right now. Back when I didn’t, and even a few times when I did, I would hit up SEE Eyewear. I really like Dr. Kang and all of the staff there.
However, now that I have VSP and just need contacts, I figured I should go to a VSP-​approved doc so that I wouldn’t have as much up-​front out of pocket expense. I hadn’t had as great of an experience with simply ordering contacts at Bennett, so I figured I’d give someone else in the network a shot.
I was able to get in to see Dr. Pierce, and he was friendly, professional, and efficient. The receptionist was very pleasant to deal with as well. You know how sometimes medical receptionists are really cranky (I don’t blame them, if I had had to deal with insurance all say, I’d probably be cranky too)? The woman helping here didn’t have a single ounce of crankiness. In fact, quite the opposite.
Note: If you park in the back and go through that entrance, you’ll have to head to your right once you go through the door to get to the appointment check-​in/​waiting area.
One wonderfully convenient thing? They had my type of contacts — Acuvue Oasys (what IS it with contacts and their weirdly-​spelled names?!) — in stock. So instead of ordering something in, having to call back and forth a bunch of times, etc., I was simply able to walk out with 2 boxes of what I needed for a tiny co-​pay.
On a random note: I also really liked the giant «Human Eye» diagram hung in the room. I was almost going to ask where I could order a copy, but I realized that might come across as a little weird.
For glasses, I still might hit up SEE, but for an exam and contacts, as long as I have VSP, this seems to be a solid spot.

In effort to help those glasses/​contact wearing people in the area I humbly submit this review of Stadium Opticians. This is a local run shop that has been in business for as long as I can remember. I used to go to DOC, Pearl blah blah, until my health insurance changed to VSP kind. They happily accepted my insurance and I’ve been going there for the past 8 years or so. My mother also goes here now and my wife will be going next time she needs glasses.
The doctors are friendly, the receptionist has always been pleasant and competent. They have a nice selection of frames. I’ve probably have bought at least 6 pairs of glasses from there. I used to be into nike frames, lately I’ve been buying gargoyles. Really what makes the store are the personable guys that sell and service the glasses. They are very knowledgeable, and if you buy glasses from there they will often fix or realign the glasses for free. These guys are awesome. So buy local and enjoy.